Ana Mendieta
in ‘Hair Pieces’, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia
4 May 2024
Ana Mendieta, ‘Untitled (Facial Hair Transplants)’, 1972/1997, 66 x 47.7 x 3 cm (26 x 19 x 1.2 in), 66 x 47.7 x 3 cm (26 x 19 x 1.2 in), 66 x 47.7 x 3 cm (26 x 19 x 1.2 in), 66 x 47.7 x 3 cm (26 x 19 x 1.2 in), 49 x 64.5 x 3 cm (19.4 x 25.5 x1.2 in), 49 x 64.5 x 3 cm (19.4 x 25.5 x1.2 in), 49 x 64.5 x 3 cm (19.4 x 25.5 x1.2 in) Courtesy: Galerie Lelong & Co. and Alison Jacques, London © The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Ana Mendieta is included in ‘Hair Pieces ‘, a group exhibition at Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne.
The exhibition explores the evocative and complex significance of hair in contemporary culture through a selection of both international and Australian works of art. For millennia hair has been a resonant and compelling site of meaning, transmitting ideas about gender, mythology, status and power, the body, psychology, feminism and notions of beauty. This exhibition examines the myriad ways in which artists utilise hair to investigate and conjure generative and even magical possibilities encompassing growth, empowerment and transformation.